25 August - Pale Moon START Page - MSM Canada

• Louisiana school under fire after black girl kicked out of class over hair extensions 2 days ago  –  Video of a young black girl walking dejectedly out of a New Orleans area Catholic school in tears after being told her hair extensions violated school policy prompted thousands of social media comments Tuesday — many expressing puzzlement or outrage.
• 'I think I'm going to die': Abduction of woman near Toronto caught on tape
• Medical experts push back as Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop brand comes to Canada
• Canada's top court dismisses Burnaby, B.C., case against Trans Mountain pipeline
• Toronto house sales price data must be made public after Supreme Court decision
• Isolated Amazonian tribe captured in drone video

• 'Death of democracy': Minorities in Israel say new law makes them 2nd-class citizens a day ago  –  The Druze people in Israel may be small in numbers, but they have mustered some big opposition to the country’s "nation-state law," which declares Israel as the home of the Jewish people.
• A final $2.1M spent on maintenance for Canada's aging Sea Kings
• Did Trump break laws with hush-money payments? Here's what legal experts are saying
• Facing a schism, Conservatives try to knock Maxime Bernier down a peg
• Vancouver man charged with ignoring medical health officer's orders for HIV treatment
• Hurricane Lane edges toward Hawaii, dumps almost a metre of rain in 2 days
• Scott Morrison is Australia's new PM after another bitter intraparty fight
• Concern grows for detained UBC grad after Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for another activist
• Maxime Bernier launched political career on family name, now looks to forge new party
• In Bernier, Canadians finally have a leader working for Bernier. Wait — 'them.' I mean them: Robyn Urback
• National Enquirer kept damaging Donald Trump stories locked in a safe

• Veteran U.S. Sen. John McCain ending treatment for brain cancer a day ago  –  Republican U.S. Sen. John McCain has chosen to discontinue medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family said in a statement on Friday, a year after the Vietnam War hero announced his prognosis.
• SIU investigating Hamilton police officer in Good Samaritan's death
• Canadians on track to spend almost $6B on pot this year — most of it the illegal variety
• Suspect identified, woman found in good health following Richmond Hill abduction
• Ancient horse found perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost
• Complaint filed on behalf of migrant parents in U.S. border controversy, many still separated
• Trump steps up attacks after Sessions says Justice Dept. won't be 'improperly influenced'
• Winnipeg pastor charged with sex offences in California pleads not guilty
• 'Those boys won't be forgotten': Stanley Cup brought to the Humboldt Broncos
• DFO says it couldn't have prevented whale rescuer Joe Howlett's death
• Canada's northernmost brewery opens today in Iqaluit

• Maxime Bernier's impact on next election could be big, even if his party isn't 9 hours ago  –  The Conservatives have a lot to lose, and the Liberals a lot to gain, if Maxime Bernier is successful in building up a new party.
• Elon Musk says Tesla to remain public
• Outrage climbs as video of huge rocks thrown from popular Alberta mountain surfaces
• Passenger ship runs aground near Kugaaruk, Nunavut
• Southdown Institute: A 'shield' for the Church or a place to provide 'meaningful' help for pedophile priests?
• What turtles were like before they had shells
• Andrew Scheer makes pitch for unity after Bernier's dramatic departure
• Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg granted immunity
• U.S. wants a moon base: 'This time we're not content with just leaving behind footprints'
• Bernier didn't tell anyone from the Conservative Party about his dramatic exit
• Ex-CDC head Thomas Frieden arrested in sex abuse probe

• Scheer firm on leaving abortion debate closed ahead of party policy vote on the subject 2 hours ago  –  The abortion debate has divided Canadians for decades, and Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer says that’s precisely why he’s staunchly opposed to reopening the issue.
• Passenger ship that ran aground in Nunavut has been refloated, company says
• Second Opinion | How can a jury decide on a cancer cause when scientists can't agree?
• Detective's 'hidden side' came out when he took advantage of young sex crime victims
• Woman dead after plunging from Cape Spear cliff in Newfoundland and Labrador
• 'It's a disaster, really': How Meghan Markle's dad became a headache for the Royals
• 'It's not right': Shoppers angry over Walmart charging more for plus-size clothing
• Beyoncé, Rihanna, Nyong'o, Haddish — why black women are owning September fashion magazine covers
• Pope arrives in Ireland at a time when church attendance is down to 30% — from 70% at last papal visit
• Conservatives to vote on new citizenship and abortion policies at convention
• Trump spread a racially divisive theory on South African land violence this week. Here's what he got wrong